West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-04-07
REV. DR.TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINEs SIi<.
DAY SERMON.
subject OF Discourse; "A Broad Cos,
pei preached at DNs
Moines, Iowa.

Deluge The geoogist's hammer announces
H. Sca-shclls and marine formations ON tho
TOP OF some ot the highest mountains OF the
earth provo that az some time the waters
washed over the top OF the Aims and tho
Andes. In what way the catastTophe came
We know not, whether 6y the stroke OF a
comet, on 10y flashes of lightning, changing
the air into water, OF by "A stroke of tho LnuJ
Of God, like tho stroke of the AK h,t\yccn the
horns OF the OK, the earth staggered. TO
meet the catastrophe God orlcred a rrcot
ship built IL was 10 bc without prov. Tor N
was TO sail 10 no shore. II was TO loo without
helm, for no human hand should guide H. Ii
was vast structure probably as large as two
or three Cunard steamers Ii was the G,,,lt
Eastern OF olden times.
The ship Is done The door is open. The
lizards crawl in. Tho cattle walk ina The
graSShoppers hop in The hir,ls ily i'm. The
invitation goes forth TO Noah. Come thou
and all thy house into the ark Just ono hu-
man family embarked ON the strange VOYAGE.
ana near the door slam shut. A great storm
sweeps along the hills, and bonds the Cednrs
until all the branches snap in the cnlo There
is a moan in the wind like unto tho moan ofn
dying world Tho blackncss OF the heavens
IS shattercd by tho nRw of the lirl.tningS.
that look down into the wat :. 4 nhd throw n
ghastlineSs ON the face OF the mountains How
strange 10 looks How suitOcating the air seemsi
lhe hg drops of ram plaSh upon the upturnel
faces ot those who ure watching tho tenpost
crash 80 the rocks IN convulsiunl Boom 20
earth, instead of fleeing 20 hous,-top and
mountain top, rs men have fnncied. SIT down
in dumb, white horror TO die. For when God
grnds mountains - pieces and let's the ocearN
slip It's cable, there Is no place for mon TO Nv
TO See the ark pitch and tumble i'm the surf.
whilo from its windows the passengers lool,
out upon the shipwr,-ck of race and tho
carcnsses OF dead world Woo TO the moun-
tains Woe 10 the sea
am no nlnrmist When on the Goth NJ
September, after the wind has for three DAVIS
bocn blowing from the northeast. YOU propho-
sy that the equinoctial storm Is coming. Won
SIMPLY state a fact not TO bc disputed Neither
am an nlnrmst when / say that "a storm is
coming, compared with which Noahs drl,re
was but an April shower: and that IL is tho
wisctt and safest for YOU and for ma 10 Get
safely housed for eternity Tho invitation
That went forth 10 Noah sounds in our ears:
Come thou and all thy house into the nrl, -
We'll how did Noah and his fnmiIy como
into the orki Did they climb i'm at the win
dow, or come down the roof No. they went
through the door. And lust so, II we Get into
thc ARK OF Hods mercy, IT will be through
Christ the door. The entrance to the ark Of
old must have been a very large entrance
We know that II was from the fact that
there were monster animals i'm tho earlier
ages and, IN order 20 get them into the ark
two and two according TO the BibIe st,t.,
mcnt the door must have been very wide and
very high. So the door into the mercy of
God Is n large door We 20 in not two nv
two, but 10y hundreds, and by thousands. and
by millions. Yea, all the nations of the earth
may 30 in, ten millions abreast
Tho door Of the ancient ark was iu tlie gida
80 now 10 is through tho side OF Christ-fbe
pierced side, the wide-open side, tho heart
sde-thnt We enter. Ahal the Roman soldier.
thrus,inS ms spear INTO the Sayiour's side,
expected only 10 let tho blood out, but he
opened the way 20 lot all the world in. o.
what a broad Gospel 10 preach! II a man ne
about to give an entertainment, he issues ono
or two hundred invitations, carefully put up
and directed 20 the particular persons whom
he wishes 10 entertain. But God our Father
makes banquet and goes out 10 tho front
door OF heaven and stretches out his hands
over land and sea, and with voice tbnt
penGtrates the iindoo jingle and the Green
English factory, and American home
cries out: Come, for all things are
now ready" IL IS n wide door
The old cross has been taken apart and he
Two pieces are stood up for the doorposts 80
Tar apart that all the world can come in
Kings scatter treasures on DAYS Of great re
jocing, 80 Christ, our King comes and
scatters the jewels Of heaven. Rowland HiU
SAID That he hoped 10 get into heaven through
the creviccs Of the door. But ne yyag not
obliged thus TO go in. After having preached
the gospel In Surrey Chapel going uD toward
heaven, tho gate-keeper cried Lift mn vour
heads, yc everlasting gates, and let this man
come IN. Inc dying thief went in Richard
NJ.
Asia, Africa, North and South America NAV
yet 60 through this wide door without croyyd
ing Ho,eycry Onel- all conditions all ranks oIl
people Luther said that this truth vos
worth carrying on ones knees from Rome 10
Jerusalcmi but / think IL worth CARRYING oI
around tho globe, aud all around tho hcavcns
that God 80 loved the world that lie 0ove
Ills only-pegOttcn Son that whOsogver he
He'eOh IN Nun should not perish, but have
everlasting lifo.' Whosoever viii lot biro
come through the large door Arcbirpedos
wanted fulcrum on which toplace his lever.
aud then he said that he could move The
world. Calvary is the fuicrum, and the cross
ol %. Chrlsy Is iho ieyor and by that power all
Further. IT'S door TINT SWING both why's.
10 not know whether the door Df the au.ieut
ark wns lifted or rolled on hinges. but this
aD'i OF Christ opens both ways II swings
out toward all our wOss. 10 swings in t0.
ward the raptures Of heaven 10 swings in b
l't us in; it swing out to lct our m'n.stcrino
ones come ont All ure one Boo Christ Chr.
uais on earth and snints iu heaven
zone army Of the living God.
AZ Ills command we bow.
Part Of the host have crossed lhe fk3Jd
Aud part crossing now"
Swing lu oh blessed door until an 40
Grih shall go iu aud live Swing out uutJ
el the heavens come forth TO celebrate tho
But further it IS a door with f,sfapipgo
him bog. a vrse ei without bulwark lr doors
would rot De- snfc vessel to go iu Whom
Noah nnd hIs family heard Che iastrrins of
Jnc door of the ork, they were very glad
Unless those doors were fastened tic Gr.t
ncaNy surge OF the soa would have whclrnod
thcm aud they might as well have peri.hoI
outside the ark as inside Tho ark "Iha IorI
smut MN in' Oh. tho perfect safety Of the
A.k. ihe SURF OF the sea and the hghtniurs
)i tho SKY may b. twisted into q garland 0f
5noW aud fire deep to deep storm 90 storm.
lai hIcss 20 darkn"s but once iu the ari5 ail
B Wen 'God shut him iu
There comes upon the good man n doIugeof
financial trouble Ho had bis thousands TO
lendi now he cannot borrow n dollor he
9nco owned "a store in New York and had
branch houses in Boston. Phiadeluhia aud
NOW ii'Ieaus SIC owned four horses. and
employed a man tokcep the dust or Dis coach
phaeJpn, carriage and Curricle. now he has
u'Id Work to got shoes iu which 30 walk The
great deep ~ commercial disaster was broken
up. and fore, and aft. and across tho hurri
cane deck. the waves struck him. But ho wac
'aieY sheltered from tho storm NTho Torl
smut him iu a ilpoi ri domestic troubled foI ora
nim sickness and bereavement came Tina
RAIN pclted The winds blow The heavens
ore alamo All tho gardens of earthly do
uGht are washed away Tho fountains az iov
are buried fifteen cubits deep But standing
by the empty crib. and iu the dcsoisto uurs
cry, and Boa Che doeful hail. once airing with
merry voices, now silent forever ho cried
The lord gave, Che Lord hath taken away
olessod be the name of tho Lordu HT'be ro,d
shut him ga r All tho -i.r